May in Review

Books Acquired:Poems by Robert Frost: A Boy’s Will; North of Boston by Robert FrostThe Abbess of Crewe by Muriel SparkConversations by César AiraThe No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency by Alexander McCall SmithBullfighting by Roddy DoyleThe God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyA Good Year by Peter MayleThe Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel BarberyThe Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWittWolf Hall by Hilary MantelReading Lolita in Tehran by Azar NafisiShopgirl by Steve MartinThree Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog) by Jerome K. JeromeThe 100 Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas JonassonThe White Tiger by Aravind AdigaThe Book of Negroes by Lawrence HillBaudolino by Umberto EcoThe Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach

Books Read:Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth ReichlThe Three Musketeers by Alexandre DumasThe White Tiger by Aravind AdigaI Was the Cat by Paul TobinThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

This month started, of course, with the annual used book sale, which is always a highlight. That’s also why my Books Acquired list is so ridiculous. I’ve only read one of the new pile of books so far, The White Tiger, and I thought it was great.

Lee-Ann’s birthday was this month, which was a very busy weekend full of nonstop eating and visiting with friends.

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I’m mainly just happy the sun is finally out. Our winters here are grey and dark and wet, and I always forget just how much that affects me until I get a bit of sun on my skin and find myself spinning on hilltops like Maria von Trapp.

Movies watched:The Lady in the Van (2015) – Both Maggie Smith and Alan Bennett are fantastic, so I really enjoyed this. It reminded me that I need to read more Alan Bennett soon.

Deadpool (2016) – Just raunchy fun. Interested to see if Deadpool pops up in any other Marvel movies.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) – Not as good as the first, but still entertaining. They tried way too hard in too many scenes to be heartwarming, and it fell a bit flat for me.

Now You See Me (2013) – This was a bit silly. If you really turn your mind off, it’s an enjoyable heist movie, but don’t let your mind wander back to reality for even a second.

TV watched: Master of None: Season 2 (2017) – Some of the best television I’ve watched in ages. Season 1 was already fantastic, and this was a huge improvement on that. Very clever filming, great writing and casting. Aziz Ansari should be winning every award for this series.

Games played:Rocket League (2015) (PC) – I haven’t really been playing anything recently, but I still always come back to this.

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2 thoughts on “May in Review”

Oh, what did you think of The Three Musketeers? It’s on my Classics list and I want to revisit The Count of Monte Cristo, but I seem to remember Dumas being pretty heavy handed (or at least the translation we read in high school).